| Christmas Arrangements |
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The schedule for competitions over the next few weeks is as follows:
22 December: Normal competition
29 December: No competition
5 January: Normal competition
12 January: Individual competition
We wish all members a lovely Christmas and a very happy 2026.
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| Competition Results |
We hope all players enjoyed our 1st prize tournament of the season on Monday, congratulations to the winners, prizes are €30 for 1st team in each direction, €24 for 2nd and €20 for 3rd. Prizes will be presented at the AGM.
We plan to have an individual competition next, hopefully before Christmas - more information to follow.
In other news we want to give a shout out to two of our members who competed at Malahide Regional Bridge Club in the Simultaneous Pairs recently - and placed 10th out of a total of 752 pairs nationally!
Fabulous result - take a bow Marese Hussey and Elaine Mulcahy.
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| Simultaneous Pairs Competition - Monday 3rd November Results |
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Thanks to all members who played in the tournament and well done to Mary Ryan and Gay Connolly who placed 42nd out of 1100 pairs nationally.
The commentary on the boards is now available by clicking the tab CBAI Sim Pairs Commentary in the left hand menu.
The overall results are available on www.ecatsbridge.com.
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| Membership Draw Winner |
The winner of our draw for free membership is Margot McGuinness. Congratulations Margot - your fee will be returned to you very soon!
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| BBO and Bridgewebs Hints and Tips |
Links to YouTube videos to help with getting the most from your play in BBO, and information on the learning that can be derived from the competition results stored on our website.
You can access these from the new tab added to the left hand menu.
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| Player of the Year |
We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding an annual Player of the Year prize to the member who accumulates the most Masterpoints during the bridge season, which runs from 1st September through to May 31st.
We are even more delighted to announce the winner for the 2024/25 season - sincere congratulations to Anne O’Brien! Your prize is on the way.
Hoping that everyone is enjoying our summer Monday nights - we will have a competition on Bank Holiday Monday as sufficient interest has been shown, and we hope that those that have joined us during the summer will sign up for the new season - meanwhile enjoy the bridge !
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| Reviewing the play! |
There is huge benefit to reviewing our games, both in terms of our bidding and playing.
Because we use pre dealt hands, and the Bridgewebs platform there is significant capability to review, and even replay hands.
Click on the Duplicate Hand Records tab in the left hand menu for an introductory article on this, we can provide more links if members find this useful.
Enjoy!
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| Broadmeadows WhatsApp Group |
For newer members who may not be aware we have a club WhatsApp group which is great for finding partners. If you want to join please send a text message or WhatsApp to Gay Connolly on 0868367838. We have been advised to remind everyone on the WhatsApp group that it is only to be used for finding partners and that all chat must stop once the competition starts at 7.30pm. The chat on BBO can be used instead.
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| Competitions |
COMPETITIONS
Competitions will continue to run on Mondays on BBO.
You can log in from 6pm and the competition will start at 7.30.
PARTNER WhatsApp GROUP
A reminder that if you don’t have a partner you can put a message into the WhatsApp group - if you are not in the group you can send a text message or WhatsApp to Gay Connolly at 0868367838 and you will be added.
BBO Partnership Desk
Also, you can put your name in the partnership desk on BBO where members can check for anyone looking for a partner - and our friendly robots are also always available !
Hoping to see you all ‘at the club’ during the year.
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| New information added to ‘Masterpoints’ tab |
New reports have been added to the Masterpoints tab in the left hand menu providing information on the singles and pairs rankings in the current season.
A CBAI guide to Grades and Masterpoints can be accessed at this link.
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| CBAI and DNR Upcoming Competitions |
Lots of information on upcoming CBAI competitions available at this link ♥ .
Dublin North Region also has information on its website. Link to website in ‘Useful Links’ tab in left menu.
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| TIP How to use chat on BBO |
HOW to set up CHAT for use during COMPETITIONS on BBO
1. LOGON to BBO
2. Click Mouse in BLANK Space above the CHAT line
3. You get 3 choices : a) Smaller chat font
b) Bigger chat font
c) Chat Manager .
4. Click on c) Chat Manager - you will then get a box which allows you to enter a Message. Set up the message and EXIT.
5. Click on Chat Manager again and your message is there for you .
6. Click on the Message and you get another box labelled Chat .
7. Click on the BLUE tab Chat and your message goes to wherever you have designated . Normally Table.
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| TIP HOW to ALERT |
ALERTing on BBO.
This is different to ALERTing at the TABLE.
At the TABLE your Partner ALERTs your BID.
ON BBO you ALERT your own BID by clicking on the ALERT Button (below the actual BIDs) and then making the BID.
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